Kettering is inconvenient for Cambridge by public transport, the kind of thing where going via London between the two is actually the quickest route (and driving direct takes about half the time). Cambridge is heaving with tourists for a reason, there are many lovely and historic sights to see, and some decent theatre and live music too (the Shakespeare Festival runs until 24 August, if that meets your dates). You can also reasonably do a day trip to Cambridge from a London base, much as I do the reverse, the rail station is about 20 minutes walk from the historic centre, but there are a bunch of buses will take you the distance, and there's a bus tour with audio guide that has a stop at the station.
Cambridge itself has less good public transport than London: we don't have the equivalent of Transport for London, so the buses are all run by private companies for profit and thus expensive, often crowded, and often late. Most of them are run by Stagecoach, but some by Whippet. They all go via the city centre (which is sometimes part of the problem with them being late, because Cambridge traffic snarls up at the mildest provocation). There are local taxi firms and also Uber. You could do worse than check out the Travelodge/Premier Inn options, there's definitely also airbnbs galore, and the tourist info have accommodation listings
If you do come to Cambridge and would like to meet up, let me know. I'm working throughout August, but I do a standard Mon-Fri and have some flexibility over my hours so might be able to e.g. take a long lunch or finish a bit early and make up the hours another day that week.
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Date: 2024-07-10 10:05 pm (UTC)Kettering is inconvenient for Cambridge by public transport, the kind of thing where going via London between the two is actually the quickest route (and driving direct takes about half the time). Cambridge is heaving with tourists for a reason, there are many lovely and historic sights to see, and some decent theatre and live music too (the Shakespeare Festival runs until 24 August, if that meets your dates). You can also reasonably do a day trip to Cambridge from a London base, much as I do the reverse, the rail station is about 20 minutes walk from the historic centre, but there are a bunch of buses will take you the distance, and there's a bus tour with audio guide that has a stop at the station.
Cambridge itself has less good public transport than London: we don't have the equivalent of Transport for London, so the buses are all run by private companies for profit and thus expensive, often crowded, and often late. Most of them are run by Stagecoach, but some by Whippet. They all go via the city centre (which is sometimes part of the problem with them being late, because Cambridge traffic snarls up at the mildest provocation). There are local taxi firms and also Uber. You could do worse than check out the Travelodge/Premier Inn options, there's definitely also airbnbs galore, and the tourist info have accommodation listings
If you do come to Cambridge and would like to meet up, let me know. I'm working throughout August, but I do a standard Mon-Fri and have some flexibility over my hours so might be able to e.g. take a long lunch or finish a bit early and make up the hours another day that week.